€5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event Day 4 | 2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

08-22-2009 17:44 UTC+3

Alex Fitzgerald Eliminated in 14th Place (€15,000)

Shamus

Andrew Malott opened with a raise to 31,000 from the button, Bernard Boutboul folded in the small blind, then Alex Fitzgerald pushed all in for just over 260,000 from the big blind. Malott thought for just a few moments, then made the call.

Fitzgerald {K-Clubs}

Malott

The last two Americans in the field had been sharing a lot of table talk since being joined on the secondary table, and each wished the other luck as they awaited the community cards. They came {9-Spades}

, and Fitgerald is out in 14th place. Malott now has a nice-sized stack of 955,000.

Tags: Alex Fitzgerald

08-22-2009 17:58 UTC+3

Tricky Flops

Shamus

We've seen a couple of interesting, similar hands on the each of the tables recently, both of which featured a couple of aces come out on the flop.

First, over on the secondary feature table, Michael Meyburg opened with a raise to 35,000 from the cutoff, and Adrian Schaap called from the button. The flop came {A-Hearts}

. Meyburg checked, Schaap bet 46,000, then Meyburg check-raised to 100,000. Schaap thought a moment, then announced he was all in for 220,000 total.

Meyburg -- who only had about 135,000 left and so would be committing nearly all of it should he call -- was in misery. "You have a strong hand, huh?" he asked Schaap, who said nothing and sat with his eyes closed and arms folded. "Queens any good?" asked Meyburg. Still, no answer.

Finally Meyburg folded. Schaap was over 300,000 after that one.

Later, over on the feature table, Alexey Maslov raised to 32,000 and Lucasz Plichta called from the big blind. The flop came {A-Diamonds}

, and both checked. The turn was the {7-Diamonds}

. Plichta bet 40,000, and Maslov called. The river was the {4-Clubs}

. Plichta bet 60,000 this time, and Maslov again called. Plichta showed ace-ten for trips, and Maslov folded. Plichta moved up to 495,000, while Maslov slipped to 680,000.

Tags: Michael Meyburg

08-22-2009 18:15 UTC+3

Malott Needs Proof

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Alexander Dovzhenko opened with a raise to 30,000 from middle position, and Andrew Malott made the call from the big blind.

Heads up, the flop came out {7-Hearts}

, and both players checked. On the {6-Clubs}

turn, Malott opted to fire out a bet of 45,000 which Dovzhenko quickly called.

The river came the {5-Spades}

, and Malott checked this time. Dovzhenko stacked out some of his new blue T10,000 chips and fired a bet of 70,000 across the line in a long string. Malott instantly called, and Dovzhenko tabled {K-Spades}

. The American patted the felt and said, "Nice hand, sir," as he slid his cards into the muck.

After having worked his stack up dangerously close to 1,000,000, Malott has slipped back to about 675,000. Dovzhenko, on the other hand, is all the way up to 1,350,000.

Tags: Alexander Dovzhenko Andrew Malott

08-22-2009 18:31 UTC+3

Double Up #1 For Simonyan

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With just 101,000 chips in front of him, Arthur Simonyan elected to raise to 50,000 to open a pot up on the featured table. He found action from Lucasz Plichta who raised enough to put his opponent all in, and Simonyan quickly obliged, calling away the rest of his chips to put himself at risk.

Showdown
Simonyan: {K-Hearts}

Plichta:

The board ran safe for Simonyan: {8-Clubs}

. With his kings holding up, he has earned himself a much-needed double up, the first step towards a big comeback.

Tags: Artuhr Simonyan Lucasz Plichta

08-22-2009 18:44 UTC+3

Lykov Having None of It

[user66118]

We pick up the action on the flop in a heads-up, all-Russian pot. It came down {4-Clubs}

, and Max Lykov checked. His lone opponent, Vitaly Tolokonnikov fired out a small bet, and Lykov came right along with the call.

The turn card was the {3-Spades}

, and Lykov would check-call another bet, 56,000 this time. The river came the {J-Hearts}

, and Max tapped the felt again. Tolokonnikov smoothly counted out a bet of 160,000 and shoved it forward, sending his opponent deep into the tank as the EPT commentators argued back and forth about which player had ace-queen and which player had ace-king. After a long pause and some careful consideration, Lykov put in the call.

Tolokonnikov turned over {6-?}

for the three-barrel bluff, and Lykov had to be proud as he turned over {K-?}

, astoundingly calling his fellow Russian down the whole way with just king high. That high card is the winner, sending a very nice pot across the felt in his direction.

Tags: Max Lykov Vitaly Tolokonnikov

08-22-2009 18:50 UTC+3

Andrew Malott Eliminated in 13th Place (€15,000)

Shamus

Andrew Malott and Alexander Dovzhenko had been taking turns putting in preflop raises and devouring the blinds and antes over at the feature table for the last level. As play reached the last hand of Level 20, Malott once again was raising before the flop, this time to 31,000 from under the gun. It folded to Dovzhenko who called from the cutoff, and the others folded.

The flop came {9-Hearts}

. Malott continued for 45,000, and Dovzhenko thought a moment before calling. "You should have folded," said Malott.

The turn was the {A-Hearts}

. This time Malott checked, and Dovzhenko took about fifteen seconds before betting 100,000. Malott instantly check-raised to approximately 240,000. "I tried to tell you, friend," he said. "You should have folded."

Dovzhenko then announced he was all in, and Malott snap-called. committing his remaining 400,000 or so. Dovzhenko flipped over {Q-Diamonds}

for the flopped set. "Jesus," said Malott, as he tabled his {A-Diamonds}

. He needed an ace on the river to survive.

"Can I use my one time now?" he said with a somewhat weary grin, already starting to pack up his belongings. He congratulated Dovzhenko on a well played hand with a fist bump, then saw river bring the {9-Diamonds}

, knocking Malott out in 13th place.

We'll get counts on all of the remaining twelve players during the upcoming break, but that pot appeared to push Dovzhenko up to about 2 million -- challenging Vadim Markushevski for the chip lead.

Tags: Andrew Malott

08-22-2009 18:51 UTC+3

Dinner Break

Shamus

The blue (10,000) chip was introduced during Level 20

Our final dozen is now taking a one-hour dinner break. See you back here at approximately 7:40 p.m. local time (that's GMT+2). Here are stacks to which players will be returning:

Alexander Dovzhenko -- 2.24 million
Vadim Markushevski -- 1.93 million
Maxim Lykov -- 1.73 million
Torsten Tent -- 1.1 million
Lucasz Plichta -- 429,000
Alexey Maslov -- 370,000
Adrian Schapp -- 352,000
Vitaly Tolokonnikov -- 259,000
Arthur Simonyan -- 192,000
Michael Meyburg -- 142,000
Bernard Boutboul -- 89,000
Volodymyr Pilyavskyy -- 64,000

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

08-22-2009 19:53 UTC+3

After-Dinner Poker

[user66118]

We're back in live action with Level 21, four eliminations from setting the final table and concluding Day 4.

Don't forget to check out EPT Live for the streaming broadcast of today's action.

08-22-2009 20:06 UTC+3

Bernard Boutboul Eliminated in 12th Place (€19,000)

Shamus

Bernard Boutboul of France returned from the break to a severely short stack of 89,000. Soon the big blind reached him. "Sixteen?!" he said, noting the increase in the blinds. He put out his 16,000, then watched as Michael Meyburg raised all in from middle position and it folded back to him. He fretted for awhile, then just shook his head as he folded his {5-Diamonds}

face up. Not good enough, thought Boutboul.

Not sure what Boutboul had the next hand -- his small blind -- but he had to fold again after Meyburg again went all in, then big stack Vadim Markushevski called from the button. Those two turned out each to have ace-king, and ended up splitting the pot.

On the next hand, Adrian Schaap was the one putting in a preflop raise, and when it folded to Boutboul on the button he made the call with his last 66,000. Alas, someone else had gotten ace-king again, saw Boutboul, as Schaap showed {A-Hearts}

. Boutboul had two live cards -- {9-Diamonds}

-- but the board came {10-Diamonds}